Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the joint Tennessee Health Information Management Association/Tennessee ACDIS local chapter meeting. The Tennessee Hospital Association kindly hosted the all-day event at their wonderful facility in Brentwood. The theme of the meeting was ...Read More »
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign released new care guidelines updating its 2012 recommendations to help clinicians caring for patients with sepsis and septic shock.Read More »
“Even if you don’t have a title, you can be a leader if you’re passionate and have a desire to change a process that’s not working,” said Judy Schade, RN, MSN, CCM, CCDS, CDI specialist at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, on the May 18 Quarterly Conference Call. She spoke in regard to...Read More »
Healthcare providers need to dedicate resources to increasing case-mix index, improving discharge disposition code accuracy, reducing readmission denials, and improving quality measures to reduce penalties, according to a report by HealthLeaders Media sponsored by Enjoin.Read More »
CMS recently updated its Recovery Audit program webpages with names of each new contractor, respective regions of responsibility, with links for updates, program reports, provider resources, and historical programs, according to Valerie A. Rinkle, MPA, a lead regulatory specialist and instructor...Read More »
CMS recently released its Short-Term (ST) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with statistics through the third quarter of the fiscal year 2016 for hospitals nationwide.
The PEPPER allows hospitals to compare Medicare billing practices against those of other...Read More »